"He loves this country and he knows how to get things done. He certainly knows how to shake things up, doesn’t he? He knows how to make real change."

The crowd screams support.  

Melania Trump: "After a 10-year process which included many visas and a green card, in 2006 I studied for the test and became a US citizen. It is the greatest privilege in the world. I’m an immigrant and let me tell you no one values the freedom and opportunity more than me, both as an independent woman and someone that emigrated to America."

She has been accused of working as a model in the US illegally in the past, but she has denied this.

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"I grew up in a small town in Slovenia near a beautiful river and forest. A small country that back then was under communist rule.

"Of course we always knew about the incredible place called America. America meant if you could dream it, you could become it. 

She's now speaking admirably about first hearing about Ronald Reagan's "morning in America" speech.

Wearing a powder-pink blouse and white skirt, Melania Trump glides on stage flashing a V-sign to the strains of Fifth Dimension's Aquarius, for some reason

In her still-sharp Slovenian accent, she starts by remarking it's been more than 500 days since her husband announced his candidacy.

"This is not an ordinary campaign. It is a movement. A movement in which people feel included inspired and involved.

"He will make a fantastic president of these United States." 

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Karen Pence, wife of Trump's running mate, says of Melania: "She is so strong, she is also very accomplished, working her way up through the fashion industry… her love for America is boundless, just like her husband."

If Donald Trump wins the presidency his wife will be the first foreign-born first lady in 187 years. 

Any moment she is to give a speech about her appreciation of America and her early days in Slovenia.

The BBC went to Slovenia to learn more about those formative years.

The Republicans were already facing declining Hispanic support when along came Donald Trump condemning Mexico for allowing what he described as drug-dealers and rapists to enter the US. 

Our live page focus today is on Hispanic voters - here's how our reporter Anthony Zurcher covered the issue back in June. 

And here's a compilation video of the Trump remarks that have upset many Latino voters.

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The Economist has endorsed Clinton - "partly because she is not Mr Trump".

On Thursday, the magazine’s editorial board said the Republican candidate "would be a terrible president" because "his experience, temperament and character make him horribly unsuited to being the head of state".

The board said Clinton was "a better candidate than she seems and better suited to cope with the awful, broken state of Washington politics than her critics will admit".

It adds: "In her long career she has at times occupied a no-man’s-land between worthy and unworthy, legal and illegal." 

The Economist says her tax plan is "fiddly" and notes she has dithered on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but adds: "The scale of these defects… is measured in tiny increments compared with what Mr Trump proposes."

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Democratic running mate Tim Kaine says he has "really despaired" about Republican calls to impeach Hillary Clinton if she becomes president. 

Kaine told Fox News Radio Republican lawmakers making those kinds of comments don't understand their proper role as lawmakers.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi also says Republicans should stop talking about impeaching Clinton if she’s elected. 

In a statement, Pelosi said any effort to impeach Clinton "would be a brazen attempt to nullify the vote of the American people" and a "frivolous" waste of taxpayers' money.

Polls tend to tighten as election day gets closer but the Clinton camp probably weren't expecting them to tighten as much as they have. 

Nationally, it's clear that Trump has closed the gap by quite a bit. In our own poll of polls, he was about 10 points behind just over a week ago and now it's just two. 

National polls help to gauge the mood of the country but it's polling in the battleground states that give us a better idea of what the result will be next Tuesday. 

As it stands, Clinton's still ahead in more of those states than Trump, but he's made up substantial ground in the last week, according to the Real Clear Politics polling averages, external. 

Those poll numbers suggest he's ahead in Florida, Arizona and Nevada now and gaining ground in North Carolina - but that still isn't enough to push him over the line. 

Which explains why he's now targeting supposedly "safe states" for Clinton, like Wisconsin, Michigan and New Mexico. The BBC's Anthony Zurcher has taken a look at that Trump strategy here. 

The Clinton campaign has just announced that for the candidate's final rally she will appear onstage with Michelle and Barack Obama, and Bill and Chelsea Clinton.

On Monday, 7 November, they will hold a rally in Philadelphia to encourage voters to head to their polling stations the next morning.

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The wives of Republican congressmen and their aides have left their state and local campaigns to join a coach bus tour through the swing state of North Carolina to support Donald Trump.

Their founder says that wives have "broken away" from campaigns in at least eight states for the five-day tour.

"We’re women who care deeply about the real America", said tour founder, Nancy Schulze, the wife of a former Pennsylvania congressman.

"We are at the edge of a cliff - and in just a few days women (who outvote men by a lot) will determine whether we go off that cliff, or begin to rebuild this country."

Now, it's all about getting the voters out, especially key groups such as Hispanic voters. Back in February, it was about making sure they registered. Three young Latino canvassers in Las Vegas told the BBC why they were encouraging people from their community to go to the polls.

A Trump supporter is suing NBC for $52m (£41.7m) claiming security guards for the network assaulted him for holding a "Bill Clinton is a rapist" sign during their flagship morning programme.

Mark Gallager, 23, claims he was beaten up by five security guards after he unfurled his sign at an outdoor set for the Today show, which was broadcast on 13 October.

InfoWars, an ultra-right wing conspiracy theory website, has been offering money to anti-Clinton protesters who manage to air the allegation during live broadcasts. 

The dark depths of hatred for Hillary Clinton

Check out the speedy cutaway to Rick Astley below...

Trump accuses Obama of a conflict of interest by stumping for Clinton, whom he wrongly says is under a criminal investigation.

"I just left, by the way, Miami," says the businessman. "And in leaving I saw Air Force One. And I said to myself, 'I wonder who that could be.' And it’s our president, and he’s down here campaigning for crooked Hillary. Why isn’t he back in the office, sometimes referred to as the Oval Office? Why isn't he back in the White House, bringing our jobs back? And helping our veterans? He’s campaigning every day, and I actually think, considering that she’s under criminal investigation, I think he’s actually got a conflict."

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There's a good reason why the candidates have been sprinting through the same swing states over and over.

The BBC's Katty Kay explains the odd, complicated maths of US elections and why the battlegrounds hold the keys to the White House.

To shouts of "lock her up", Trump takes to the stage in Jacksonville, Florida, attacking his opponent over her use of a private email server.

"She shouldn't even be allowed to run for the office of president. She shouldn’t be allowed! And that is where the system is rigged. She shouldn't be allowed."

"If she were to win it would create an unprecedented constitutional crisis. Here we go again with Clinton. You remember the impeachment and the problems? She's likely to be under investigation for many, many years. This is not what we need in this country folks. We need somebody that is going to go work."

Everyone agrees they're a key voter demographic, but should they be called Hispanics or Latinos? Or Cuban-Americans / Dominican-Americans / Mexican Americans?

Here's BBC Mundo's Luis Fajardo piece on identity politics.

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Somewhat more publicity shy than her husband, Melania Trump will give a rare speech this afternoon. 

She's been largely missing in action from her husband's campaign, but near Philadelphia she'll promise he can fix a "broken system" if elected.

According to prepared remarks, she will say: "I come here today to talk about my husband Donald and his deep love and respect for this country, and all of its people. I have come here to talk about this man I have known for 18 years. And I have come here today to talk about our partnership, our family, and what I know for sure in my heart, about this man, who will make America great again.

"I want our children in this country, and all around the world, to live a beautiful life, to be safe and secure. To dream freely of love and a family of their own someday. We need to teach our youth American values. Kindness, respect, compassion, charity, understanding, co-operation."

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In his closing remarks, Obama strives to galvanise millennials into the voting booth.

He tells Florida International University students: "You have a chance to shape history and I want young people to understand that those moments don't come that often.

"You know there are times where history is moveable. Where you can make things better or worse. This one of those moments.

"And it's in your hands - this incredible power - that each of you have."

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